homemade ripstik / waveboard

Step 6 Finish!

Put everything together.

Stick anti-sliping tape on the top of the board

and you're ready to ride!

Comments

[xbox650]

if i dont want to use saw blades, than what do i use that would last longer but still fit in the pipe.(and) wouldn't the little pipe rub real hard agents the in side of the bigger pipe piece? (i need to know!!)

[Friedo]

Excellent work bro! I've been thinking about the design for my waveboard(got a knockoff at CircleK :) and wanting to improve it, now you've made it so simple! Maybe I'll follow your example and put up an 'ible on how to mod one! Cheers!

[DIY and STUFF]

CircleK?

[koecke]

What is the purpose of cutting the hacksaw blades in half? Why not just leave them full width and stack a few more? Neat idea, thanks.

[racastro62]

I can see two reasons: - The wider the blade, the bigger the pipe diameter. That means more dead weight (bigger clamps, etc.). - The torsion characteristics depend on: Blade's alloy, blade's width, blade's thick. When you make the blade less wide, this means the whole pack is more flexible (it accepts more torsion). Putting both halves makes it more resistant, but always flexible. Think about those blade springs used in cars (no torsion, but flexion).

[DIY and STUFF]

nvm bout exspensve

[racastro62]

Didn' understood your comment. Would you mind to write it using full words? I'm a (very) seasoned guy, and I don't send or receive SMSs in my mobile... Thanks a lot! :)

[DIY and STUFF]

nvm means never mind

[DIY and STUFF]

same here holy crap i didnt read yours till after i read his plus it would be less exspensive

[macmccune]

thats what i thought

[itsthatguy]

I've been trying to figure out how to put some kind of binding system on my ripstick but the plastic ripstick skeleton is just too weak to support them but with the wood it would be so easy just to add some wakeboard bindings or attach some shoes thx soooooooooooooooooo much

[Stoic0209]

How smooth is the ride? What kind of size and hardness of wheel did you use? (I'm making one in the same manner, thanks for the Instructable!).

[balio]

wow awesome!!

[brujita]

where i can get the weels ?

[penna]

you can get the weels at the hardware for realy expensive or you can by them from one of those little bargain shops

[Ssiatha]

do the hacksaw blades hold well as center springs? I would have thought they'd snap after awhile.

[PKTraceur]

I think he has an aluminium bar there too, and 5 hacksaw blades stacked, is, what I'd assume, to be very resilient -PKT

[insub2]

The 5mm thick aluminum bar is cut to 10mm by 30mm and is what you secure the hacksaw blades to. I'm with Ssiatha on this, I'd be nervous about those blades snapping.

[wolfsshade]

I've been riding this board for some time now and nothing snapped. ;) This blades are very flexible and the amplitude of movement isn't very big. I think the angle of the footpads twist is max 90 degrees, when you ride.